Waste-operating mechanism



Apr. 17,- W23.

O. W. VALLIER WASTE OPERATING' MECHANISM Filed Jah. a,

1923 2 Sheets-Sheet l Patented Apr. 17, 1923.

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QRVIS W. VALLIEB, OF WATERTOWN, NEVJ YORK, ASSIGNOR TO J. B. WISE INCOR- PORA'IED, 0F WATERTOWN, NEW YORK, A CORPORATION OF NEW YORK.

WASTE-OPERATING MECHANISM.

' Application filed January 6, 1923. Serial No. 611,046.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, Onvrs W. VALLIER, a citizen of the United States, residing at lVatertown, in the county of Jefferson and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Waste- Operating Mechanism, of which the follow over-flow including the usual gravitative plunger type of waste valve.

The object of the invention is to provide novel, simple and handly mechanism for operating the waste plunger, which consists in part of an eccentric rockable member, a handle, and an adjustable grapple which is interposed between the eccentric member and the waste plunger, the said eccentric member being freely rockable in opposite directions for unseating and seating the waste valve. And a. further object is to provide novel means for adjusting certain important parts of the operating mechanism. j

I attain these objects by the means set forth in the detailed description which follows, and as illustrated by the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is a 'brokenelevational view of a bath-room, looking towards the head of the bath-tub. Fig. 2 is a side view of the same, the wall being in section for exposing the hidden fittings. Fig.3 is a top plan view, taken in the direction of the arrow in Fig. 2. Fig. 4 is a rear elevation of the fittings, taken in the direction of the arrow in Fig. 3. Fig. 5 is an enlarged view, taken substantially on line 55 of Fig. 6.. Fig. 6 is a horizontal section, taken on line 6--6 of Fig. 2. Fig. 7 is a view of the-adjusting sleeve and nut. Fig. 8 is respectively a face and an edge view of the grapple. And Fig. 9 is respectively a side and an edge view of the eccentric member.

In the drawings, 2 represents one of the hollow walls of a bath-room, in which they major portion of the bath fittings are disposed, and 2 is the floor. 3 rep resents a hath-tub, the heed-end of which isshown in contact with the wall 2. The water enters the tub through a spout 3, which may be disposed at the head-end 3', and the waste and over-flow is effected through a bottom opening 3*, from which opening the water is carried to a waste-valve fitting 45, that is located in the wall 2 .near the floor level, by a pipe 5. The valve fitting t connects directly to a soil-pipe 6', and to an alining stand-pipe 7, of the waste fitting, the latter rising fromthe valve casing 4, and being normally in unrestricted communication with the pipe 5 and the tub 3, so that the filling of the tub 3 with water, correspondingly fills the stand-pipe 7. The spout 3 and the drain outlet 3 are both normally open. The level in the bath-tub, as well as the passage of the waste water into the soil-pipe 6, is controlled by a gravitative plunger 8, which loosely telescopes the stand-pipe 7, the said plunger being hollow throughout and of considerably smaller diameter than the pipe 7. The bottom end of the plunger 8 comprises the waste valve 8", and when the plunger is in the lowermost position, the valve 8 is received in a seat 4' of the part 4, which is arranged above and concentric to the soilpipe 6. The plunger 8 is held in its seat entirely by gravity. The plunger 8 extends upwardly through the pipe 7, and its projecting top-end 8 is externally threaded, for adjustably' receiving a hollow internally threaded cap 9, which may be locked in place after each adjustment by a circular nut 9. At a suitable distance below the top-end of the stand-pipe 7, the plunger 8 is provided with a series of over-flow openings 8, by which the depth of the water in. the tub and stand-pipe may be regulated. The dotted lines a" in igs. 2 and L indicate the normal level of the water in the tub 3. All excess water entering through the spout 3*, flows through the plunger, openings 8, and thence gravitates directly into the soil-pipe 6. The cold and hot water may be supplied to the fitting by separate pipes'lO and 10', which discharge the water into any kind of cocks 12, which may be controlled by similar valvestems 12, and handles 12*, the said handles and portions of the stems being disposed outside at? the wall 2,;preferably conven ent to the head 3 of the tub, as shown in Figs. 1, 2, 3 and 6. From the cooks 12 the hot and cold waterpa'sses into a mixing pipe 13, the latter being fitted with a T 13', from which a common pipe 13 conducts the coin- 'bined' cold and hot water to thespo'ut 3".

The supply of the water to the tub 3 is controlled entirely by the cocks 12. p

The closed top-end of the cap 9 is slitted for providing an expanded loop 9 by which the cap and the plunger 8 may be lifted away from the seat 4:. The lifting of the plunger 8, for discharging the waste water into the soil-pipe 6,lS effected by a grapple or lifter 14, which'preferably comprises a single length of heavy wire, which is folded upon itself to provide a relatively large rectangularldop 14" and similar legsl l th fi'e'e eiids of the-legs beingbent at right 2111- glesto" provide feet 1 1 which are inserted loosely through the loop 9 of the cap 9, as

bests'een in Figs. 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6. The grapple' 14 is supported and operated by a memmounted eccentrically upon and are operable in opposite directions as one part, by a shaft 17, Which passes through both of the dis'csanditsinner end is'pr'eierably riveted 1n' the disc 15*; The shaft 17 extends from:

the idis'cl5 through a plate 18, which may be sec'uredtojthe inner face of'the wall 2,

by screws 18'. Fron'ithe plate 18 the shaft 1? passes through an opening in the wall 2;

thencethrough a hollow conical part 19', which supports" the outere'nd of the shaft to" which a han'dlej17 is secured. The pins refer-m a relatively broad base of a triangle, the apex of Which is the shaft 17. VVhen theine'r'nber l5'is in the position shown by full lines inFigs. 2 and 4, the top arin 14 or are loop 14' of the grap le rides on the sleeve 16' (or apex), and while the parts are in the latter position, the plunger 8 is in its lowermost position, thereby closing the passage fromthepart4 to the soil-pipe 6 and preventing the escape of the water from the tub '3. hen however, the member 15 is rotated one-half turneither towards the rightfor 1eft, the twa ifis 16ers swung upwardly to the position shown in" full lines ii'tF'ig. ,5: This lii'ts 'the plunger 8 away ream th'seat' 4',,"andeffects the draining ofth' tub, .3, by discharging the waste water met th pipe 6, The p1nngerwi11 their re main-in these-med as-area, by reason of I the; specimens the pins, 16, which provide reserves were bearing fer the 10515 141 To make ready for the next filling of the tub 3, the operator simply grasps the handle 17 l and gives it a short twist in eitherdirection, and then lets go; The weight oi": the plunger 8 will cause it to gravitate towards the seat at and etlfect the reversalot tl ie points 16 and 16 of the member 15, as tronrthe trill lineto the dotted line positionsho-wn in F 1g. Theshafft ,17 and the member carried by it are adjustable relatively to the wall 2 and plate 18-, by-means oi a'sleeve 20, which is bored out tooper'atively receive the sa d shaft. The inner end oi'the sleeve. 20 is threaded for screwing intoa threaded socket 1'8" in the plate'18'(see ldigs. 6 and?) The outer end oi'ftlie sleeve 20 is reduced and threaded andisengagzed by a cylindrical nut 21, the 'latter telescoping: the, free end of the support 19 and having a knurled flange-21, whichengages and forces-the support t ghtly against the wall 2. The adjustment 'ot shaft 17 and'sleeve QOis .eflecteglby the outer end of the sleeve engaging a split ring which of'the shaft, the said ring be'ihgemployed instead. "of a pin, for obviating the danger ot is sprung-into a'shallow'annular grooved? weakening the shaitby boring a hole forthe pin. To inalie the atoresaid adjustment of the shat't 17,-the nut'21 andthe sup'port19- are firstrehioved. The sleeve 20 may then be rotated'in theproper direction for effecting the en'drsise shiftin ct th'eshait; After this adjustment is made, a set-screw carried Uy-a" lug lS io'f the p1ate"18-(s ee Flgs. and 4:) may bescrewed down against the inner end of thersleeve for holding the parts in h place, T-l'iefi'etr 14 of the grapple 14: are made ot'sufficient length to allow a considerable range of adjustment relatively to the cap 9. The provision of the various adjustin p; means herein shown: and described, not only facilitates the assembling-of the several parts. of the fixture, butenables the erectors; to properly install the fittings notwithstanddiscre fvan'cies that frequently occur" in the roughing-in calculations The ,rockable nature of shaft 17 rand member 15, ensures the ready andproper operation of the plunger 8 and related parts, whetherthe Said shaft is turned towards theright or left;

' Havingthlii'sde'sc'ribed'my invention, what 1, In a waste operating mechanism. the combination with a waste stancl-pipe and a Qravitative plunger valve, of a manually operablefshaift adapted to be ro'clred mes: posite directions for raising and lowering said; plungermi member carried by said shaft ed on the top-end of said plunger, and a grapple loosely engaging said member and adjustably engaging said cap.

3. In a waste operating mechanism, the combination with a waste stand-pipe and a gravitative plunger: valve, of a shaft rockable in opposite directions for raising and lowering said valve, a member rigid on said,

shaft, a split ring carried by said shaft, means engaging said ring for adjusting said shaft and said member relatively to said plunger, and a lifter operatively connecting said member with said plunger valve.

4t. In a waste operating mechanism, the combination with a waste stand-pipe and a plunger carried thereby, of a manually operable shaft adapted to be rocked towards the right or left for raising and lowering said plunger, a member eccentrically mounted on said shaft, a sleeve supporting said shaft and rotatable for adjusting the shaft, and a grapple loosely connected to said member and adjustably connected to the said pluner. 0 5. In a waste valve operating mechanism, the combination with a waste stand-pipe and a gravitative plunger telescoping said pipe, of a rockable shaft disposed horizontally above said pipe, a member rigid on said shaft and having a triangular bearing, the apex of said bearing corresponding to the axis of said shaft, and a lifter loosely riding on said triangular bearing and operatively connected with said plunger adapted to be raised and lowered by the rotation of said triangular bearing.

6. The combination with a standing waste fitting including a gravitative plunger, of a manually operable shaft, a member mounted eccentrical'ly' on said shaft, said member comprising registering discs, the said discs being spaced by a triangular bearing, the apex of said bearing corresponding to the axis of said shaft, and a lifter having a loop which surrounds and rides on said bearing adapted when said bearing is rocked in opposite directions to effect the raising and lowering of said plunger.

7. In a waste operating mechanism, the combination with the plunger valve of a waste fitting, said plunger having a. loop, of a shaft adapted to be rocked in opposite directions for actuating said valve, a member eccentrically mounted on said shaft, said member comprising spaced discs, the spacing means providing three bearing points arranged in the form of a triangle, and a lifting device having a loop which surrounds and is adapted to successively engage said bearing points when said member is rocked, and said lifting device having a depending portion which adjustably engages the loop of said plunger.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature.

ORVIS W. VALLIER. 

